Faik Bulut

Faik Bulut, (b. 1950, Kars, Kağızman), is well-known a journalist, historian, writer and political commentator from Turkey, of Kurdish origin.

History

In 1972 he joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) camps in Lebanon. Kidnapped in February 1973 by the Israeli military via an operation carried out in these camps was put in prison in Israel, he returned to Turkey in 1980 after being imprisoned 7 years and 2 months.

Views on Marco Polo

According to Faik Bulut, what the famous Marco Polo wrote about Order of Assassins does not reflect the truth and what he told in his memoirs:

Hasan Sabbah has turned a valley and has never been in it before. had turned it into a garden full of unseen fruits. The most elegant palaces and mansions imaginable were built in it. And there were gutters where wine, milk, honey and water flowed freely. There were many of the world's most beautiful female concubines who could play all kinds of musical instruments well and sing, dance to enchant the beholder, and they believed that the Muslims of these regions were Paradise.

All of the statements are just a bullshit for "two" reasons. The opinions of other scientists also support him in this regard. According to Bulut, it has been 15 years since Castle of Elemût was destroyed by Mongols at the time Marco Polo claimed to have gone there. German archaeologists, who are conducting archaeological excavations in the region, say that they cannot even find the traces of rivers over which honey, milk or wine flows, concubines and virgins roam, and the castle is not large enough to contain all these. So Bulut emphasizes that [[Marco Polo] ]'s writings are only legends he heard from sailors while in prison in Italy.

Journalism

As a journalist and political commentator, he has published articles and participated TV & Radio shows globally, such as CNN, BBC, The Independent.

Published Books

Faik Bulut researches on Alevism, Kurds, Palestine State and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Ottoman Empire, Middle East and Islamic History, Islamic Organizations, Secularism, History, Politics, Culture etc. He has authored nearly 40 books and numerous articles on these subjects.

Alevism History

1. Alevism without Ali, Berfin Publishing, 2011
2. Hasan Sabbah Truth and Equalist Dervish Republics, Berfin Publishing, 2014
3. Islamic Communists (Qarmatians)
4. Abu Muslim Khorasani
5. Khorasan Whose Dormitory?
6. How We Come From Khorasan: Road Story of Alevis, 2019

Middle East

1. Fading Colors of the Middle East ( Yazidis, Circassians, Bedouins, Nusayris)
2. Palestine Dream (Memoir)
3. Palestine Intifada Lessons
4. Sharia In The Shadow Algeria
5. Iraq Invasion from Arab's Eyes

Kurds

1. From the Eyes of the State Kurdish Revolts
2. Kurds in the Turkish Press
3. Seeking a Solution to the Kurdish Question
4. Dersim Reports
5. Three Rebellions in a Narrow Triangle: Ethnic Conflicts in Kurdistan
6. Kurdish Diplomacy (2 volumes)
7. History of the Kurdish Language
8. From the Pen of Ahmede Xane The Unknown World of the Kurds (Second place in the 1995 Musa Anter Research Award)

Islamic and Islamic Organizations

1. Democracy in the State of Allah: A Critique of the Sharia Order (1993 Turan Dursun Research Award)
2. Islamist Organizations (3 volumes)
3. Army and Religion: Islamist Activities in the Eyes of the State (1826 - 2007)
4. Code Name: Hezbollah
5. Who is this Fethullah Gülen?
6. Sect The Rise of His Capital 1: Criticism of Islamic Economy
7. Sect Rise of Sect Capital 2: Where To Cult Capital
8. Secrets of Al Qaeda
9. Religion, Nationalism and Women Debates in Committee of Union and Progress (2 volumes)
10. Islam in the Global Age 1 (West and Secularism), Cumhuriyet Books
11. Islam in the Global Age 2 (Woman and Hijab), Cumhuriyet Books
12. Islam in the Global Age 3 (Sharia and Politics), Cumhuriyet Books
13. Sexual Spells in Islam

External Links

• Faik Bulut's articles on History and Politics

See also

• Order of Assassins
• Yazidis